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To: Jeffrey S. Lillie who wrote (15895)	11/20/2002 11:33:50 AM
From: LTK007	Respond to of 30712

As far as i know Stockcharts does not have Momentum(if it does some one correct me). I consider momentum as important an indicator as exists but i only get intraday via my real-time feed which i am unable to show. Momentum itself is a lenghthy topic. Max

To: Jeffrey S. Lillie who wrote (15895)	11/20/2002 11:38:27 AM
From: augieboo	Respond to of 30712

Momentum Oscillators Many leading indicators come in the form of momentum oscillators. Generally speaking, momentum measures the rate-of-change of a security's price. As the price of a security rises, price momentum increases. The faster the security rises (the greater the period-over-period price change), the larger the increase in momentum. Once this rise begins to slow, momentum will also slow. As a security begins to trade flat, momentum starts to actually decline from previous high levels. However, declining momentum in the face of sideways trading is not always a bearish signal. It simply means that momentum is returning to a more median level. As their name implies, leading indicators are designed to lead price movements. Most represent a form of price momentum over a fixed look-back period, which is the number of periods used to calculate the indicator. For example, a 20-day Stochastic Oscillator would use the past 20 days of price action (about a month) in its calculation. All prior price action would be ignored. Some of the more popular leading indicators include Commodity Channel Index (CCI), Relative Strength Index (RSI), Stochastic Oscillator and Williams %R. stockcharts.com Augienote: CCI, RSI, Stocastics, and Williams %R are all available on StockCharts.